Child's hand mangled in meat grinder

A 5-year-old boy's hand got caught in a meat grinder on Tuesday, prompting an emergency surgery, the Star Tribune reported.

Wyatt Krumrey of Buffalo Lake, Minn., 80 miles west of the Twin Cities, accidentally put his hand in the machine when his mother turned away for a split-second.

When Wyatt screamed, his mother unplugged the grinder and called 911, while his father began unscrewing parts of the grinder to free Wyatt's hand. They wrapped the hand in towels, his index finger dangling.

They met the ambulance on a rural rood and sped toward the Twin Cities.